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Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN LORING, CARRIE M. FORD. AMY W. SYLVESTER.
Expenditures
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YEAR ENDING DEC. 30, 1916
HIGH SCHOOL FUND
Unexpended balance in 1915 $233 46
Received from State, Nov. 1916 500 00
$733 46
D. C. Heath & Co., books $19 78
E. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies
60 35
Ginn & Co., books 31 88
L. E. Knott App. Co., laboratory supplies 9 26 American Book Co., books I 92
F. H. Kierstead, teaching 105 00
Jenny R. Hill, teaching 50 00
J. M. Nichols, teaching 175 00
Josephine V. Sanford, teaching 62 50
Esther M. Lydon, teaching 100 00
Marjorie H. Leighton, teaching 37 50
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co., books 22 19
Wm. R. Durkee, janitor service, supplies 25 50 C. O. Litchfield, moving safe, auto hire 17 00
$717 88
Unexpended balance in 1916
$15 58
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EXPENDITURES FROM GENERAL. APPROPRIATIONS
TRANSPORTATION
Balance of 1915 contract $866 00
Paid John F. Osborne 866 00
Contract for 1915 $2,888 00
Paid John F. Osborne 1,976 00
Cost for year 1916
$2,842 00
Unexpended in 1916 $912 00
SUPERINTENDENT
Paid James S. Haves $566 67
JANITORS
Paid :
Wm. R. Durkee, High School $180 00
Arthur L. Merritt, Dist. No. I 57 00
Arthur H. Osborne, Dist. No. 2 33 co
Mary A. Osborne, Dist. No. 5 63 00
Samuel Olson, Dist .. No. 6 39 00
A. K. Wadsworth, Dist No. 6 18 00
Wm. C. Tolman, Dist. No. 7 57 00
$447 00
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FUEL AND FITTING
Paid :
Robert Smith, splitting and housing $2 00
Benjamin Loring, wood, Dist. No. 7 5 00 Benjamin Loring, wood, Dist. 1-2-High 24 75 John Burns, wood, contract 20 00
Carrie M. Ford, cash paid J. W. Burns on contract 10 00
W. D. Turner, wood, contract 22 28
W. D. Turner, wood, Dist. No. 5 4 25
Benjamin Loring, wood, contract 38 00
Albert Osborne, housing wood 3 00
John F. Osborne, sawing 12 00
Fessenden & Allen, sawing 13 00
George E. White, splitting and housing 8 50
C. A. Brett, coal 80 00
$242 78
BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Paid : E. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies $III 79 Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co., book 84
American Book Co., books 19 80
$132 43
TEACHERS' SALARIES
Paid : F. H. Kierstead George E. Kimball
$525 00
200 00
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Jenny R. Hall
250 00
Esther M. Lydon
100 00
Gretchen Horstmeyer
300 00
Josephine V. Sanford
100 00
Elizabeth I. Taylor
456 00
Carolyn C. Grace
275 00
Jessie P. Tisdale
224 00
Marion G. Merritt
475 00
Maria W. Tolman
475 00
Ella F. Osborne
· 570 00
Mabel E. Adams
253 00
Alice K. Wadsworth
339 00
A. G. Eldridge
75 00
......
$4,617 00
SUPPLIES AND INCIDENTALS
Paid :
Randall's Ex., freight and carting $1 00
Wm. C. Tolman, Jr., repairs I 00
Walter T. Osborne, truant officer 5 00
George A. Turner, stock and labor , 256 65
Harry B. Merritt, repairs I 25
George F. Welch Co., supplies 5 25
Wheeler's Grocery, brooms 80
Hall & Torrey, repairs I 25
J. L. Hammond Co., diplomas 5 64
Harrison L. House, lettering
4 50
Charles Brewster, cedar posts
7 00
C. A. Bruce, janitor service
2 50
C. O. Litchfield, auto hire 8 00
Penn. Metal Co., metal ceiling 58 50
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Wm. R. Durkee, repairs 5 30 Carrie M. Ford, music, printing and
cleaning 41 30
W. W. Wade, tuning pianos 4 00
Clarence Winslow, cleaning vaults 3 00
W. H. Spencer, cleaning pipes and stoves 4 00 W. C. Soule, labor on ceiling and desks 37 19 York Safe & Lock Co., safe 37 14
Mary A. Osborne, cleaning 12 50
John F. Osborne, barges for grad., etc. 16 00
E. P. Reed Lumber Co., lumber 30 70
Geo. E. Kimball, lumber and nails 72 26
Benjamin Loring, expense securing teachers, tel., etc. 15 70
W. C. Soule, oiling floors, setting glass II 71
C. C. Hook, stock and labor 39 86
C. F. Brown, paint, varnish, labor 106 99
Sears, Roebuck & Co., wire fencing 27 00
W. Scott Osborne, plastering and whitening 38 10
Mrs. A. L. Sylvester, freight on wire 1 85
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, desk 13 50
Joseph F. Totman, floor oil 8 00
$884 44
SPECIAL FOR PAINTING
Amount appropriated $250 00
Paid : C. F. Brown, contract, Dist., No. I $97 50 WV. C. Soule, contract, Dist. No. 7 68 00
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Sears, Roebuck & Co., paint 80 64
Mrs. A. L. Sylvester, freight on paint 4 53
Phillips, Bates & Co., supplies 5 45
$256 12
Exceeded appropriation
$6 12
SUMMARY, YEAR 1916
HIGH SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT
Unexpended in 1915 $233 46
Received from State, Nov. 1916 . 500 00
$733 46
Withdrawn On account of High School 717 88
Unexpended in 1916 $15 58
AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR GENERAL EXPENSES
Town appropriation for schools $7,000 00
Town appropriation for Superintendent 250 00
Special appropriation for painting 250 00 State, for Superintendent and teachers 416 66 Tuition and transportation of State Wards 542 50
Mass. State Fund 903 28
Dog tax 218 33
$9,580 77
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EXPENDITURES
Paid :
Transportation
$2,842 00
Superintendent
566 67
Janitors
447 00
Fuel and fitting
242 78
Teachers' Salaries
4,617 00
Books and school supplies
132 43
Incidentals
884 44
Painting
256 12
$9,988 44
Exceeded appropriation $407 67
Total cost of schools and repairs $10,706 32
CARRIE M. FORD,
Secretary.
Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee of Norwell :
I herewith submit my ninth annual report.
Few changes were made in our corps of teachers the past year in the elementary schools. No. 2 school was closed as the number of pupils was considered too small to continue it, and the few in that district were transported by barge to Ridge Hill Primary.
Miss Mabel Adams retired at No. 6, after a number of years of faithful service and Miss Alice K. Wadsworth who taught No. 2 was transferred to No. 6.
Miss Jessie Tisdale, who had been teaching in West Bridgewater, was elected to the Ridge Hill Grammar to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Miss Carolyn Grace, who finished her duties at the close of school in June.
The remaining members of our staff are still in service and doing effective work for the pupils in their charge. Primary No. 5 and Primary No. 7 have tried and true teachers who have been in service a long time, and this town is to be congratulated on retaining year after year such teachers. No. 5 Grammar is doing good work. While salaries of our teachers are fairly comparable with those of towns about the same population and valuation, they are below what I should like to have them receive in these times of high cost of living.
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Conditions at Ridge Hill Primary are not satisfactory as there are forty-eight pupils in this room-five grades in the care of one teacher. Perhaps this problem may be solved before the close of this school year. I quote the following :
"It appears that schooling is our greatest national in- dustry. It is an industry upon which any nation might be glad to base its standing in the world, and its hope of progress. Upon this industry all other industries depend for their essential elements". "Report of the Bureau of Education shows 24% of the population are in school, either as pupils or teachers -and this record is a world record."
The Eye and Ear Test shows the following :
Number of pupils enrolled 245
Number found defective in eyesight 10
Number found defective in hearing 3
Number of parents or guardians notified 10
About four per cent. were shown to be defective, a very good record, a few defects have already been corrected with proper glasses.
New books in History and Grammar were introduced into No. 5 Grammar the past year. The lives of some o! our books are short, but better care on the part of our pupils should prolong those lives. While I do not believe in keeping dilapidated and almost worn out books in use, our appropriation is rather small for text books, and there should be renewals, or new introductions, a little more frequently than we have been able to make them.
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Music books should be introduced into all the schools, and a supervisor of music added to our staff. Our gradu- ates who take up the work in the Normal School find .. themselves handicapped because of lack of knowledge of this important study. Our teachers do some work in this subject in the grades, but better results could be obtained by regular visits of a trained instructor.
HIGH SCHOOL
About one-fifth of the entire school population is in the High School, there being fifty-eight enrolled the present year, our highest number. The school opened in Sept- tember with an entirely new corps of teachers, last year's corps having obtained positions elsewhere. This whole- sale going hinders the advancement of any school as the retention of teachers who have learned the needs of the school, and of the individual pupils is important.
This was shown soon after the opening of our school this year. The new principal did not get into touch with the pupils early in the school year, and this followed by illness caused his resignation after three months of labor. We were most fortunate in obtaining the services of John M. Nichols, a teacher of wide experience, to take the princi- palship, and his masterly guidance is shown in the school.
Miss Sanford, one of the new assistants, was forced by ill health, to ask for a leave of absence just before the Christmas vacation, and her place is being filled by a sub- stitute. Our other assistant, Miss Esther M. Lydon, has shown herself to be a teacher of ability and under her direction effective progress is being made.
A great deal of responsibility is thrown upon the shoulders of our High School teachers that should not be
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there. The parents should be made to share a portion of it, and could it be placed where it belongs, a better school spirit would be in evidence, and less grounds for some unjust criticisms.
The triumphant career of our base ball team was halted by a defeat at the hands and clubs of Scituate, who car- ried off the cup this year.
A course of Music would be helpful in our High School. Our graduates in higher institutions are doing good work as good reports are heard from them.
My thanks are due you for your hearty co-operation, and to the teachers for faithful performance of duty.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES S. HAYES, Superintendent Schools.
December 30, 1916.
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Per Pupil Average Membership
Ilanover
381
2666
$2,287,980
$7,988.00
$169.31
$10,985.79
$31.75
196
$3,749
$59.51
$1.46
Hadley
538
2666
2,231,764
7,353.51
421.44
19.472.94
20.86
327
5,199
63.40
2.49
Kingston
503
2580
1,706,196
7,780.40
233.45
12,338.35
26.20
279
3,349
52.33
1.08
Holliston
188
2788
2,147,329
6,929.70
563.67
15,072.52
33.27
173
4,216
54.75
2.78
Duxbury
322
1921
3,905,044
7,788.05
255 59
13,430.90
45.68
46
3,330
65. 9
1.10
Norwell
269
1563
1,384,674
4,801.00
145.51
7,483.88
32.12
190
3,522
62.89
1.68
Pembroke
235
1337
1,246,735
4.863.45
263.23
8,663.67
41.45
70
4,084
92.82
.50
Marshfield
262
1725
2,801,453
4,771.23
543.30
10,477.97
44.78
51
2,432
45.04
4.59
LOCAL TAXATION
TOWN
Pupils Enrolled
Population
1915
Valuation
1915
Teachers'
Salaries
Text-Books
Amount
Per Pupil
Average
Rank
Amount
Per Pupil
Average
Membership
TEXT BOOKS
Membership
354 towns in Mass.
HIGH SCHOOL EX- PENDITURES
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Statistics from report of Board of Education showing a few comparisons between our town and nearby towns, also an appeal for a new High School building.
I wonder if the citizens are satisfied with their High School building as a place where their children spend five hours a day! It houses them, of course, but it does not do that well. High posted, impossible to heat on a cold day, pupils huddled about the stoves-even living con- ditions are poor.
What inspiration can your children get from the school room under such conditions? Are we not ready for a new building? One that might house all our children per- haps, under the same roof: What a fine thing to look forward to!
Is there any philanthropist in town who will start a movement for a new building ? 1
And following that. how much better it would be to motorize our transportation. Undoubtedly one machine could do the work, and many pupils would not have to leave home so early mornings. nor be so late in getting home in the afternoon. \ motor car, including salary of the chauffeur, would be less each year than the present prices of transportation.
Is it not a fine picture ? What can be done to bring it to realization ?
JAMES S. HAYES.
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INDEX
Appropriations Recommended 84
Articles in Warrant .....
...... 90
Assessors' Report 77
Auditor's Report 83
Financial Statement 82
Forest Warden Report 72
Highway Account 50
61
Jury List 85
Miscellaneous 64
70
Overseers of Poor Report
47
Recapitulation
78
Roll of Honor 5
School Report
95
Sealer Weights and Measures
76
Snow Account 56
Tarvia and Oil Roads Account
53
Tax Collector's Report 45
Town Clerk's Report
7
Town Officers' Account
59
Treasurer's Report
38
Town Officers, 1917 3
Tree Warden Report 68
Trustees' Report 86
Incidental Account
Moth Report
TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor
FRANK W. JONES
EDWARD M. SEXTON LOTHROP E. FESSENDEN
Town Clerk Treasurer
JOSEPH F. MERRITT HERBERT E. ROBBINS Tax Collector WILLIAM H. SPENCER Surveyor of Highways WALTER T. OSBORNE School Committee
BENJAMIN LORING MRS. AMY SYLVESTER MRS. NELLIE .L. SPARRELL.
Auditor HARRY T. FOGG Board of Health
JOHN F. WILDER MINOT WILLIAMSON J. LYMAN WADSWORTH Constables
WALTER T. OSBORNE L. F. HAMMOND
J. WARREN FOSTER JOHN F. WILDER JESSE M. WINSLOW Cemetery Committee
FRANK W. JONES
ARTHUR T. STODDARD
W. WALLACE FARRAR
TOWN OFFICERS [Continued]
Tree Warden JOHN H. SPARRELL Sealer of Weights and Measures HENRY F. SPENCER Field Drivers THE CONSTABLES
OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters
JOSEPH F. MERRITT ARTHUR T. STODDARD
HENRY J. TOLMAN JEREMIAH H. LEHAN
Warden of Almshouse JOHN F. WILDER
Forest Fire Warden Gypsy Moth Agent
JOHN H. SPARRELL FRED M. CURTIS
Inspector of Animals J. WARREN FOSTER Inspector of Slaughtered Animals AMOS H. TILDEN J. ALDEN DAMON ALPHEUS DAMON
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood and Bark
BERT RICHARDSON JOHN WHALEN
W. D. TURNER ARTHUR T. STODDARD
BENJAMIN LORING
F. E. HENDERSON
JOHN E. LESLIE
J. FRANK TURNER
Toron Weigher JOHN F. WILDER
Special Weigher WILLIAM E. BURDETTE
Keeper of Lockup JOHN F. WILDER
ROLL OF HONOR
Men in Service of the United States January 1, 1918
AINSLEE, CLAUDE-Heavy Artillery, Fort Revere, Hull. BRIGGS, PAUL LEWIS DEANE-Co. L, 302d Infantry, Camp Devens, Ayer.
BROWN, WILLIAW HENRY-Supply Co., IOIst Reg. Amer- ican Expedionary Forces at France, care Postmaster, New York City.
BUSSWELL, JOHN SPEAR-3rd Engineer Corps, Canal Zone, Panama.
DELANO, FREDERICK-13th Co., 4th Battalion, Depot Bri- gade, Camp Devens, Ayer.
EVERETT, HAROLD-3rd Co., Ist Battalion, 157th Depot Brigade, Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.
LESLIE, WILLIAM E .- Co. K, IOIst Infantry, American Ex- peditionary Forces in France, Pier, Hoboken, N. J. MOTT, STEPHEN ALLEN-Headquarters Co. 103d Reg., Division 26, American Expeditionary Forces, France. OLSON, FREDERICK SAMUEL-U. S. S. Akbar, No. 599, U. S. N. Training Station, Rockland, Maine.
OSBORNE, EDWIN-U. S. S. Birmingham, care Postmaster New York City.
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OSBORNE, FRANK HERBERT-Co. L, 302nd. Infantry, Camp Devens, Ayer.
OSBORNE, LAWRENCE-Motor Truck Co., No. 402, Fort Bliss, Texas.
PEMBERTON, JAMES LOGAN-U. S. S. Virginia, care Post- master, New York City.
SHEEHAN, EUGENE PATRICK-Shoe Unit with American Expeditionary Forces in France.
SPENCER, ALVIN GERRY-Machine Gun Co., 302nd Infan- try, Camp Devens, Ayer.
SPRAGUE, HERBERT WASHINGTON-Quartermaster's Corps, Camp Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla.
SPROUL, WALTON DYER-Sec. 29-641, U. S. A. A. S. with French Army, Paris, France.
SOULE, LAWRENCE-Receiving Co. 23, Camp ,Johnston Jacksonville, Florida.
WEBBER, ANTON-Commissary Dept. 444 East North Ave., Baltimore, Maryland.
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Report of the Town Clerk
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 5, 1917.
Pursuant to a warrant, duly executed, the qualified voters of the Town of Norwell, met at the Town Hall on Monday, March 5, 1917, and took action on the articles in the war- rant as follows :
Article I. To choose a Moderator.
John Whalen was chosen Moderator, by ballot. He was sworn in open meeting by the Town Clerk.
Article 2. To bring their votes for a Town Clerk for one year, one Selectman, one Assessor, and one Overseer of the Poor for three years, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Surveyor of Highways, five Constables and a Tree Warden for one year, one member of the School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, and to vote yes or no in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this town." all on one ballot. Polls open from 7 A. M. to II A. M.
The ballots, cards of instruction and ballot box keys, were delivered to the moderator, by the town clerk and the polls were declared open at 7 A. M. They were closed at 12.30 P. M. 120 names were checked on the voting list and 19 on the list of women voters. The number of ballots cast
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agreed with the lists. On being canvassed and counted in open meeting the result was found to be as follows :
Town Clerk, (for one year)
Joseph F. Merritt
108
Blanks
12
Selectman (for three years)
Frank Jones 96
Fred Wheelwright
4
Blanks
20
Assessor (for three years)
Frank W. Jones
95
Fred Wheelwright
2
Blanks
23
Overseer of Poor (for three years)
Frank W. Jones
96
Fred Wheelwright
I
Blanks
23
Town Treasurer (for one year)
Herbert E. Robbins
II2
Blanks
8
Auditor (for one year )
Harry T. Fogg 107
Blanks I3
9
Collector of Taxes ( for one year)
William H. Spencer William D. Turner
95
5
I
F. Wheelwright Blanks
19
School Committee (for three years)
Florence B. Pinson
43
Nellie L. Sparrell
72
E. Mabel Wilder 21
Blanks
3
Board of Health (for three years)
John F. Wilder
86
Blanks
34
Highway Surveyor ( for one year )
Edwin A. Damon
44
Walter T. Osborn
74
Blanks
2
Constables (for one year)
J. Warren Foster 92
L. Frank Hammond
92
Walter T. Osborn
95
John F. Wilder
87
Jesse M. Winslow
95
Atwood Ainslie
I
George Osborne
I
Joseph Stoddard
I
Blanks
I36
10
Tree Warden ( for one year )
John H. Sparrell 88
Fred M. Curtis
2
Blanks
30
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Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town the ensuing year ?
Yes 48
No 63
Blanks 9
OFFICERS ELECTED
Town Clerk, Joseph F. Merritt.
Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Poor, Frank W. Jones.
Treasurer, Herbert E. Robbins.
Collector of Taxes, William H. Spencer.
Auditor, Harry T. Fogg.
School Committee, Mrs. Nellie L. Sparrell.
Board of Health, John F. Wilder.
Highway Surveyor, Walter T. Osbon.
Constables, J. Warren Foster, Walter T. Osborn, L. Frank Hammond, John F. Wilder, Jesse W. Winslow.
Tree Warden, John H. Sparrell.
Article 3. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and committees of the town and act thereon.
The following report of the Board of Health was received
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and it was voted to file with the town clerk and spread on the records :
The Board of Health herewith submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1916.
Cases of reportable diseases reported to the Board of Health :-- Whooping cough 5; Chicken pox I.
Quarantines for poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis) con- tacts 2.
Number of nuisances investigated and abated, 6.
Dairy Inspection :-- Sixty-five dairies inspected, the per- centage scored being as follows :
One dairy scorel 77 percent .; five dairies scored 60 to 96 percent: fifty-nine dairies scored 50 to 59 percent.
Number of mlk dealers licenses, 2.
Inspection of Slaughtering :- Number of animals slaugh- tered and inspected, 450.
JOHN F. WILDER, MINOT F. WILLIAMSON, J. LYMAN WADSWORH, Board of Health.
The tax collector rendered a supplementary oral report.
The committee chosen to see about changing the name of some street in Norwell to Stetson Road or Cornet Stetson Road reported no recommendations to offer.
Voted to accept the reports of town officers as printed.
Article 4. To make the necessary appropriations to de- fray the expenses of the town and for other purposes and to raise such sums of money as the town shall deem expedient.
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V'oted, to appropriate the following amounts :
Support of Poor
$1500 00
Almshouse
1500 00
Schools
10,000 00
Highways, general
3000 00
Highways, tar and oil roads
2500 00
Snow. The excise tax
Memorial Day
150 00
State Aid
2000 00
Soldiers Relief
400 00
Town Officials
1900 00
Washington Street Cemetery
75 00
Tree Warden
50 00
Mowing Bushes
100 00
Board of Health
500 00
School Physician
25 00
Squares and Triangles
100 00
Town Hall
75 00
Electric Lights
400 00
James Library
100 00
Fire Department
300 00
Abatements
200 00
Gypsy Moth
540 92
Superintendent of Schools
250 00
Interest
I200 00
State and County Taxes
4700 00
Gaffield Park
25 00
Incidentials
I200 00
Spraying Elms
200 00
Other amounts appropriated under different articles.
River Street construction $3000 00
Outbuildings at Almshouse
75 00
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Voted to raise by taxation a sum not exceeding $36,000 to be assessed on the polls and estates of residents and on the estates of non-residents.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Voted, that the town treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1917 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 6. To see if the town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1, 1918 in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1918, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1918.
Voted, that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1, 1918 in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1918, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this note to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1918.
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Article 7. What compensation will the town make for removing snow and appropiate money for the same.
Voted to pay 30 cents per hour for removing snow.
Article 8. In what manner and time shall the taxes be collected for the ensuing year ?
Voted, that the collector issue summons after January I, 1918.
Article 9. To make allowance to town creditors.
Voted to instruct selectinen to pay bill of W. H. Loud & Son for $36.00 as ordered by the Massachusetts Highway Commission.
Article 10. What sum of money will the town appro- priate for the use of Post 112, G. A. R. on Memorial Day.
Appropriation made under Article 4.
Article IJ. Will the town cause a statement of its finan- cial affairs to be printed in Februar next ?
Voted to print a report of the financial affairs of the town including the reports of various town officers in February 1918.
Article 12. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be expended in the cemetery on Washington street ?
Appropriation made under Article 4.
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Article 13. What price will the town pay for labor on the highway for the ensuing year ?
Voted, to pay $2.50 for men; $6.00 for man and two horses and $4.00 for man and one horse.
Article 14. What action will the town take in regard to keeping the sidewalks in repair ?
Voted to pass over this article.
Article 15. Will the town give any instructions to town officers ?
Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to offer a reward of $50.00 for the arrest and conviction of person or persons who have been breaking and entering the various houses in town during the past six months ?
Voted, that the selectmen and school committee issue proposals and publislı names of bidders as per vote of last year.
Voted, that the letter received from the Labor Day Com- mittee of Scituate be turned over to the Secretary of the Village Improvement Society.
Voted, that the selectmen and John H. Sparrell be a com- mittee to sell the fire wagon and devote the proceeds toward the purchase of a trailer, the maximum price of which is not to exceed $175.00 and that the balance be taken from the appropriation for fires.
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Voted, that the school committee be instructed to furnish suitable water for Districts No. 1 and 6.
Voted, that the school committee take steps to ascertain the advisability of removing and remodelling the school- house at District No. 4, to District No. I, and if in their judgment it seems advisable, that they be authorized to do so and to charge to the school appropriation.
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